Flywheel mounting



Patented Mar. 10, 1925.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILBUR WIRRENGA, OF ADRIAN, NORTH DAKOTA.

FLY WHEEL MOUNTING.

Application filed April 26,1924 Serial No. 709,291.

To all whom it may concern: and has its ends passing through an opening Be it known that I, WILBUR WIRRENGA, a 11 formed in the housing with a bolt 12 concitizen of the United States, residing at necting the ends together so that the pres- Adrian, in the county of La Moure and sure of the lining on the disc can be regu- 55 State of North Dakota, have invented new lated. A. number of pairs of ears 13 are and useful Improvements in Flywheel formed on the housing and engage the brake Mountings, of which the following is a speciband and act to hold the same against latfication. eral movement.

This invention relates to improved means From the foregoing it will be seen that the 60 for connecting a fly wheel with the shaft, brake band and its lining will frictionally the general object of the invention being to engage the disc 5 and as this band and lining provide means for frictionally connecting are caused to rotate with the housing and the fly wheel with the shaft so that the mawheel, the wheel is consequently frictionally chinery to which the shaft is attached can connected with the shaft so that if the shaft 65 15 be brought to a stop without stoppingthe fly or the machinery attached thereto is sudwheel, thus preventing damage to the madenly stopped the fly wheel can continue to chinery from the sudden stoppage of the fly rotate as the brake band will slip on the wheel. disc. Under normal conditions, however,

This invention also consists in certain the fly wheel will rotate with the disc so that 70 other features of construction and in the it will serve the functions of the fly wheel. combination and arrangement of the several By having the separated ends of the bands parts, to be hereinafter fully oescribed, extending outside the housing the pressure illustrated in the accompanying drawings of the lining on the disc can be regulated and specifically pointed out in the appended without removing the housing. 75 claims. It is thought from the foregoing descrip- In describing my invention in detail, reftion that the advantages and novei features erence will be had to the accompanying of my invention will be readily apparent. drawings wherein like characters denote like I desire it to be understood that I maymake or corresponding parts throughout the sevchanges in the construction and in the comeral views, and in which bination and arrangement of the several 80 Figure 1 is a sectional view through the parts, provided that such changes fall withinvention. in the scope of the appended claims.

Figure 2 is a section on line 22 of Fig- What I claim is ure 1. 1. in combination with a shaft and a fly Figure 3 is a section on line 38 of Figwheel rotatably mounted thereon, a disc on 85 ure 1. the shaft, a housing connected with the wheel In these views, 1 indicates a shaft, to and enclosing the disc and a brake band and which the fly wheel 2 is rotatably connected lining engaging the disc and housing. by means of the hub 3. The shaft forms 2. in combination with a shaft and a fly 40 part of any suitable kind of machinery and wheel rotatably mounted thereon, ahousing 9 one of its supports is shown at 4:. A disc 5 connected with the fly wheel and enclosing is connected with the outer end of the shaft an end of the shaft, a disc on said end of 1 and a housing 6 is connected with the fly the shaft within the housing, a brake band wheel by means of the ears 7 formed on the surrounding the disc and having its sepainner end of the housing being bent over the rated ends extending through the housing, a portions of the fly wheel between the inner lining carried by the band and engaging the ends of the spokes and fastened together by disc and means outside of the housing for the flexible member 8. Thus the housing is adjusting the ends of the band towards or caused to rotate with the fly wheel. This away from each other.

50 housing encloses the disc 5 and a brake band in testimony whereof I afiix my signature.

9 having a brake lining 10 engages the disc VVILBUR VIRRENGA. 

